Monsters are something that may be described as human or having human characteristics but are “different”. They are an oddity, a creature that strikes fear in the “normal” human brain. The majority of the population demands normality, and these creatures are different and unknown. People are afraid of what they do not know, or what they cannot understand. Therefore, monsters are human-like creatures who may have flaws in their physical appearance. Creatures that humans are afraid of. Monsters reveal something about human nature that can not be controlled, a part of human nature that is more of an instinct. People see something something different and they become terrified. As Mary Shelly so accurately states in her novel, Frankenstein,
